Now booking: Safeguarding Training for Therapists
When: Tuesday 2nd May and Tuesday 9th May, 915-11.30am
Where: Zoom
Cost: £100
A two-session safeguarding training aimed specifically at therapists, organised by Mind Garden Therapy and designed and facilitated by Lynn Findlay. This training will be delivered via Zoom, with information sharing, whole group discussion, and opportunities for questions and personal reflection.
Session 1: Tuesday May 2nd – 9.15am to 11.30am
Safeguarding Awareness training plus Working with Suicidality and Safety planning
What is it about? The workshop will increase your knowledge and confidence about making safeguarding decisions about children and adults in the therapeutic context. We focus on joined up thinking across families and networks.
This workshop has additional time on working with suicidality and safety planning, focusing on risk assessment, exploration and safeguarding.
Is it for me? It is for therapists working with both adults and young people. Many adult clients have contact with children in some capacity, and all children are cared for by adults. You can be in private practice or employed by an organisation.
What will I learn? The SAT session covers:
- Legislative and statutory framework which promotes and safeguards children and adults– the focus is on joined up, systemic thinking.
- An overview of contextual safeguarding and the systemic approach.
- An overview of types of harm and abuse for both child and adult safeguarding.
- The role of the therapist within this framework, exploring issues of confidentiality and contracting in the counselling context, with consideration to GDPR
- How the therapeutic relationship and modality may influence safeguarding decisions.
- Making sense of your concerns and threshold dilemmas
Guidance on recording and reporting concerns
The SASP session covers:
- How to work with a client expressing suicidality
- Understanding risk and protective factors
- Confidentiality and contracting in this context.
- Space for thoughts and reflections.
Session 2: Tuesday May 9th – 9.15am to 11.30am
Safeguarding training for therapists: Working with non-recent abuse and the LADO process
This workshop is designed for counsellors and therapists, who have either completed the Safeguarding Awareness session, or who have a sound knowledge of child and adult safeguarding and are looking to expand their knowledge on working with disclosures of non-recent abuse in therapy and seeking further discussion around thresholds and safeguarding dilemmas.
The workshop covers:
- What is non-recent abuse?
- Managing a disclosure in therapy – duty of care, confidentiality, and self-care
- Making a referral to the police and/or social care
- Allegations against persons working with children: Role of the LADO
- Continuing with therapy alongside an investigation –role of CPS and pre-trial therapy
- There will be a blend of information sharing, case studies and small group work to discuss thresholds and dilemmas.
Safeguarding training for therapists: Domestic abuse, including the DASH risk assessment and the MARAC process
This workshop is designed for counsellors and therapists, who have either completed the Safeguarding Awareness session, or who have a sound knowledge of child and adult safeguarding and are looking to expand their knowledge on working domestic abuse and gaining knowledge of the tools and procedures which can be used in therapy.
The workshop covers:
- What is domestic abuse?
- Working with domestic abuse in therapy
- How domestic abuse is located within child and adult safeguarding
- The DASH risk assessment tool and how this can be used in therapy
- Understanding the MARAC process
About Lynn: Lynn is a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, working with both adults and young people. She is registered social worker with over 25 years experience working in safeguarding with many years’ experience designing and delivering trainings in social care and therapy. She is now an independent safeguarding consultant and trainer.
